[ADJUSTING VU-Din/OM-1 with DD-1+]

On 5/2/2022 at 12:56 AM, audiofanaticz said:

Really it doesn't matter too much since its not going to change anything else in your system so its more on your preference.

If you tuned your amp with the 8db overlap and you want the vu-din to light up red when you start to clip your amp then use a 8db track.

Some people may not want to see the red light up at all and will back off the adjustment just a little bit so it only lights up red when you are going in to hard clipping.

Where as others will set it up so that it hits the red mark a little before you go in to clipping.

Play with it a little and see how you like it for yourself. 

Thanks, I was looking into adjusting it to whereas it would be an indicator towards clipping. I've figured it out as you stated, just by adjusting it with diff overlaps to where I like. 

[ADJUSTING VU-Din/OM-1 with DD-1+]

Hey everyone, as the title says I have a vu-din. I set my gain on my sub amp with my dd-1+ with 8db overlap, and my 4 ch amp is set with 4db overlap.  

 

The instructions from the vu din state to set the gauges using a 5 db track (which I have from the d'amore usb). My question is: should I follow this overlap considering im using different ones per each amp? Or should I set each gauge corresponding with the distortion light with the overlaps im using via dd-1+? Thanks.

[overlap setting for an amp that under powers mids]

On 3/5/2020 at 9:53 PM, reedal said:

If you want more power, then you need to buy more power. Setting gain overlap is meant to accommodate the level of attenuation in music. It doesnt create power. A gain overlap of -10dB on a song that is only attenuated to -5dB is going to be sending a beautiful square wave to your speakers.

I havent been on. Update. Upgraded my amps from skar amps to crescendo, doubling the power. Added a 2nd battery as well. Happy with the decision

[overlap setting for an amp that under powers mids]

Hey ive tried to search, but no avail to my question. Most questions are actually opposite of what i'm asking.  I have a regular dd-1 and my overlap is set to -5db on my mids. My amp outputs 140 watts@ 2 ohms each channel, which is what my mids are wired to. (I have two 4 ohm speakers ran in parallel on each side of the car; the front and rear lefts together, and front and rear rights together), so thats  280 watts each side... Can i safely change my overlap to -10 or -15 db to achieve more output, or would this just destroy my speakers? Tia